London Now: Brunswick House –
Restaurant
Brunswick House restaurant is
situated in a very large Georgian mansion in Vauxhall, on the ground floor of
LASSCO the London Architectural Salvage Company. Everything in the whole
building is for sale and it is so much fun to visit the upper floors, and be tempted by all the assembled
antiques reclaimed from derelict building sites, before sitting down to lunch under dozens of chandeliers all of different styles and dates, again all for sale.
Photograph and copyright by Manfredi
Bellati
Brunswick House – The Bar
In a corner of the bar area, photographer
Manfredi Bellati, who celebrated his milestone birthday here, takes a selfie. Mirror,
prints, chandeliers and et al are all for sale.
“The food style at Brunswick House
is British, but it is also, certainly has a lot of European and worldly influences and
techniques. What inspires me is good produce, and good pastry produce, if it’s
good I don’t have to do a lot to it. I’m very influenced by the seasons and
color. I certainly cook by color quiet
often. I like cooking food that I want
to eat myself.”
Andrew Clarke
chef director
Sea Bream Crudo – Blood Orange -
Monk’s Beard
Fennel Soup – Creme Fraiche – Curry
Oil
Photograph and copyright by Manfredi
Bellati
Brunswick House – The Bar
Around the bar, polished aluminum
bar stools with brown leather seats. The door on the right leads to the LASSCO
showrooms a must visit before or after your meal.
Gnocchi Parisienne – Artichoke –
Kale – Olive – Graceburn
Hispi Cabbage
Photograph and copyright by Manfredi
Bellati
LASSCO
One of the rooms upstairs in the LASSCO showrooms
where everything is for sale, right down to the curtains and where every antique is displayed to its
best advantage. There you can find; chimney pieces, doors, brass foundry,
flooring. Ironwork, paneling, reclaimed cast iron radiators, kitchen fixtures,
pots jars, boxes and bells, prints, statues etc.
Brie de Meaux – Truffled Honey - Seeded Cracker
Chocolate Pot – Clementine – Almonds
LASSCO
Smoker’s Bow Windsor Armchairs
Yorkshire circa 1860-1880
fruitwood, ash and elm with
blacksmith's repairs